On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 01:20:22PM -0700, Tom Saeger wrote: > From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx> > > commit 84d5f77fc2ee4e010c2c037750e32f06e55224b0 upstream. > > In the x86 kernel, .exit.text and .exit.data sections are discarded at > runtime, not by the linker. Add RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT to generic DISCARDS > and define it in the x86 kernel linker script to keep them. > > The sections are added before the DISCARD directive so document here > only the situation explicitly as this change doesn't have any effect on > the generated kernel. Also, other architectures like ARM64 will use it > too so generalize the approach with the RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT define. > > [ bp: Massage and extend commit message. ] > > Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200326193021.255002-1-hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 + > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 11 +++++++++-- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > index 1afe211d7a7c..0ae3cd9a25ea 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ > #define LOAD_OFFSET __START_KERNEL_map > #endif > > +#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT > #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> > #include <asm/asm-offsets.h> > #include <asm/thread_info.h> Does this backport look correct from a style point-of-view? Hint, extra blank line needed after the define, like what is done in the original... thanks, greg k-h